How the Freedom From Religion Foundation works to keep the “wall of separation” from crumbling, by Claudette St.Pierre.
Jefferson Unitarian Church, 14350 W 32nd Ave, Golden, CO (map)
Claudette St. Pierre, President, Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF)—Denver Chapter will present what FFRF is doing to maintain the separations between church and state. Claudette was born and raised in Long Beach, California where she received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing in 1986. She has worked in the health care arena ever since and is currently a Pediatric Nurse Case Manager at Children’s Hospital Colorado.
The US Constitution’s First Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Violations to the establishment clause are accelerating as the religious right campaigns to raid the public till and advance religion at taxpayer expense. They continue to attack our public education system and promote the false notion of “Christian persecution” while attempting to establish Christian privilege.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recognizes that the United States was first among nations to adopt a secular Constitution. The founders who wrote the U.S. Constitution wanted citizens to be free to support the church of their choice, or no religion at all. Our Constitution was very purposefully written as a godless document, whose only references to religion are exclusionary. Today you will learn how FFRF has been fighting every day since 1978 for freethinkers across the country. You will hear about some key “wins” and how those have kept the “wall of separation” from crumbling.
RSVP for Dinner by Thursday, June 22nd at 6:00 pm
